Monday, October 13, 2008

Life Quotes for You!

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. (Indira Gandhi)


A man's greatest strength develops at the point where he overcomes his greatest weakness.


If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. (Maya Angelou)


Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. (Theodore Roosevelt)


Those who wish to sing, always find a song. (Swedish proverb)


No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Eleanor Roosevelt)


A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.


Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.


An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind. (Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi)


The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. (Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi)


The best solution for little problems is to help people with big problems.


They can because they think they can.


Do not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness. (James Thurber)


However long the night, the dawn will break. (African proverb)


Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it. (Sir Winston churchill)


Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.


More to come soon ...


Friday, September 26, 2008

You may spoil it for others.


Do you remember flushing your medication down the toilet?
Don't do that.

I can still remember syringes and drugs were systematically collected at the hospitals I conducted internship.

But for a person, who may only occassionally take any medication, it will be difficult to dispose of his left-over drugs. He may easily flush it down the toilet or drainage.

A new ongoing American research (The AP Investigation reported on the pharmaceutical contamination issue, March 2008) has found out scientific evidence of minute concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds such as antibiotics, anti-convulsants and mood stabilizers in the drinking water supplies of some 46 million Americans.

It may be possible that these variety of drugs' traces will mix up in the river harming aquatic creatures or the river water can also be the source of recycled water for public use.

It could be a proper notion to get rid of your drugs at litter bins or in specially instructed ways.

For us Myanmars, it would be no problem to leave drugs in the toilet as the remains will end up in the soil, but beware if you live on river bank. Be cautious of this and be prepared not to harm yourself and others.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Those were the days ...




Throughout my medical student life, I was a bit backward in clinical portion. Most of my student life were spent only at my former shabby hostel room; reading English books, listening learning English radio programs and accepting the frequently-visited classmates...
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